Environment Quote by Keith Henson

The response of the men who were introduced into polygamy between 1841 and 1846 was anything but enthusiastic. The same was true of the…

— Leonard J. Arrington

The development of family entities enables men to cooperate far more effectively. Instead of constantly competing for the women with other men, each man…

— Frans de Waal

Family life in Western society since the time of the Old Testament has been a struggle to maintain patriarchy, male domination, and double standards…

— Frank Pittman

Probably the institution of marriage had its origin in love of property. Both men and women were united in this--that whatever they loved best,…

— Henry Adams

In Biblical times, a man could have as many wives as he could afford. Just like today.

— Abigail Van Buren

Thus mating of females was strictly along the lines of paternal song.

— Peter R. Grant

The majority of great men are the offspring of unhappy marriages.

— Hermann Graf Keyserling

The selection process has been powerful enough to produce one indisputable outcome: the family is a universal human institution. . . . In virtually…

— James Q. Wilson

But there were women in the world, and from them each of our heroes had taken to himself a wife. The good ladies were…

— Augustus Baldwin Longstreet

Again, the great number of cultivated men keep each other up to a high standard. The habit of meeting well-read and knowing men teaches…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

First, they were bred when I was not capable to observe or before I was born; likewise the breeding of men is of a…

— Margaret Cavendish

Actually, there is a sense in which polygynous marriage has not been the historical norm - even where polygyny is permitted, multiple wives are…

— Robert Wright